Puerto Rico - Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Puerto Rico was 23.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.27 in 2020, while its lowest value was 5.49 in 1960.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5.49
1961 5.55
1962 5.60
1963 5.64
1964 5.69
1965 5.75
1966 5.88
1967 6.06
1968 6.28
1969 6.53
1970 6.80
1971 6.82
1972 6.83
1973 6.82
1974 6.79
1975 6.75
1976 6.97
1977 7.21
1978 7.49
1979 7.82
1980 8.20
1981 8.36
1982 8.53
1983 8.72
1984 8.94
1985 9.16
1986 9.36
1987 9.57
1988 9.81
1989 10.08
1990 10.36
1991 10.53
1992 10.70
1993 10.86
1994 11.04
1995 11.25
1996 11.40
1997 11.58
1998 11.79
1999 12.03
2000 12.29
2001 12.52
2002 12.73
2003 12.93
2004 13.14
2005 13.36
2006 13.58
2007 13.79
2008 13.99
2009 14.20
2010 14.44
2011 15.00
2012 15.63
2013 16.31
2014 17.03
2015 17.76
2016 18.72
2017 19.72
2018 20.80
2019 21.98
2020 23.27

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population